Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 1606

Making the CFPB Accountable to Small Businesses Act of 2025

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Scott Fitzgerald RRepublican, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Finance and Financial Sector.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

3 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Pat Fallon RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Daniel Meuser RRepublican
Andy Barr RRepublican

Text

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Actions

  1. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  2. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Introduced in House
  5. Introduced in House

Committees

  • Financial Services Committee (House)Referred To, February 26, 2025
  • Small Business Committee (House)Referred To, February 26, 2025
  • Judiciary Committee (House)Referred To, February 26, 2025

Hearings

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Who lobbied on this bill

Confirmed from the official record

2 lobbying reports name H.R. 1606, for 2 clients.

Lobbying reports that name H.R. 1606
ClientRegistrantAmount for the whole quarterLobbyists named for this issueFiledReport
AMERICAS CREDIT UNIONS, FKA CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICAAMERICAS CREDIT UNIONS, FKA CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICAS CREDIT UNIONSSecond quarter of 2026$1,290,000reported as expenses
  • KATHLEEN COULOMBE
  • GREGORY MESACK
  • BRADFORD THALER
  • PHIL DRAGER
  • STEPHANIE BELK
  • GORDON HOLZBERG
  • MADISON HUBBARD
  • CLARK DERRINGTON
  • JAMES AKIN
  • LUKE MARTONE
  • ANDREW MORRIS
  • TYLER MARON
  • JEREMY GREENBERG
  • KRISTIN RHEINS
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INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICAINDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICASecond quarter of 2026$2,170,000reported as expenses
  • MICHAEL MARSHALL
  • PAUL G MERSKI
  • AMBER MILENKEVICH
  • REBECA ROMERO RAINEY
  • TIMOTHY ROY
  • MARK K SCANLAN
  • LILLIANE THOMAS
  • CHARLES YI
  • SAMUEL GILBERT BEAVER
  • JENNA M BURKE
  • MICHAEL EMANCIPATOR
  • WALTER HAYNIE
  • STEPHEN KEEN
  • JAMES KELLER
  • SUSAN J KINNEY
  • BRIAN LAVERDURE
  • CHRISTOPHER SHARERFormer position, as reported: 1.) Naomi Zeigler Nagle - Economic Policy Advisor for Senator Angus King (I-ME) 2.) Will Garrity Binger - Economic Policy Advisory for Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
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A lobbying report states the registrant's income from the client (a lobbying firm) or its own lobbying expenses (an organization lobbying for itself), for the whole quarter and every issue together, rounded to the nearest $10,000. A report under $5,000 states no figure. It is not the amount spent on one bill.

Reports read: 0 of 1 quarters read in full (2026-Q2). With no registered key the service allows 15 requests a minute, so this covers the latest quarter only. With a key it covers four.

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All saved lobbying reports that name H.R. 1606

Contributions from these lobbyists and firms to the sponsor and cosponsors

Contribution reports: Not checked yet.

Contribution reports are read for 0 of the 4 sponsors and cosponsors so far.

Lobbyists and registrants report their political contributions twice a year (form LD-203). A contribution is listed here when the report was filed by a lobbyist named on this bill's lobbying reports or by a registrant that filed one of them, and its payee is the member's own committee as the FEC lists it, under the exact-name rule. The contribution's date is as reported and can fall before or after the lobbying.

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